
To All the Women Who Taught Me To Love…
I sat down at the computer to write an angry piece about the state of the world.

Talking to Stranger
Talking to strangers is a game I fail at.

On Leaving Home
By the time these words pour out into the world,

Somewhere Far in a Far Off Time
When the sun falls in a few years, I promise I will be somewhere else.

To Dive
I exist.

Swimming Lessons
My grandmother sent me a message out of the blue on a Tuesday morning.

Veni, Vidi, Vici
The language of Latin is dead,

spine too chilled
I always say that I love being disappointed.

Piano Lessons
On Wednesday nights, in a small living room on a dead-end street,

Men, and the Women Who Know Them
I was walking home from school in the mid-autumn evening

Ode to Rachel True,
Since I can remember, I’ve always enjoyed the horror genre, and it didn’t take very long for me to begin enjoying fantasy.

When I met Grief
Grief has followed for as long as I can remember.

To You
To the girl that gave me a hug after I lost my race,

The Girl on the Monkey Bars
My first memory is of a girl standing above me on the playground stairs.

Grocery Lists Are Art (In A Ravenous Memoir Market)
Not the off-brand but the one I used to buy when we were sleeping in the love-den.

The Harvest Moon
it winks.

Flux
I recognize that life is difficult because circumstances change

Maraschino Cat Show
A pastel record played on a Fisher-Price turntable.

Trickster in Twelve Churches
Church, Steeple. Two hands — a church, a steeple — opened up to

The American Tourist
I am embarrassed to be an American tourist.

Two Leave, One Stays
The first leaves quietly.

While I Await a Lover, I Can Love Bok Choy
I did not love myself for a very long time.

Lost and Found in Sea
She had found the seashells by accident.

I ran into you in the halls
I ran into you in the halls the other day.

Thrill Seek
I fill the void with more work.

Birthday blues
Today is my birthday: April 6.

Depression Dust
Depression convinced me to hole up in my apartment.

Fever Break
I feel as if my lungs have collapsed.

Kill Your Darlings
I come up with the right ideas far too late.

What International Women’s Day means to me
March 8. Another typical boring day for some. And yet, for half the world,
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